16 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Class A'll. — Rambour Reinettes (Ramhour-ReinMen). 



Form: Medium size, large, and quite large fruits of more or less 

 Calville-like or irregular form, with broad, sometimes marked, promi- 

 nences around the curvature of the eye or also over the entire surface. 



Skin: Quite firm, seldom quite smooth, mostly with russet traces, 

 ground-colored or only inconstantly reddened on sunny side, never 

 striped. 



Flesh: Crisp (breaking), sometimes fine and sometimes coarse- 

 grained, of high, sweet, vinous flavor. 



Core: Mostly wide-celled, open and closed. 



Order 1. Skin smooth; 2. Skin rough. 



Suborders as in Class I. 



Cla.ss VIII. — One-colored or Wax Reinettes. 



Form: Small, medium, and large, of regular round or flat round 

 form, seldom longish, without marked prominences. 



Skin : Sometimes smooth and shining, sometimes with russet traces, 

 especially on curvature of calyx, in a few sorts becoming unctuous, 

 without red blush or with only a little red on sunny side which is not 

 constantly present. 



Flesh: Firm or marrowy, fine-grained, of liigh, sweet vinous, 

 sometimes very excellent flavor. 



Core: Usually regular and closed. 



Orders and Suborders as in Class VII. 



Class IX. — Borsdorf Reinettes. 



Form: Small, at the most of medium size, very regular, round or 

 flat round. 



Skill: Smooth, shining, with isolated warts and russet patches 

 ground-colored, colored and also indistinctly or even quite iHirelv 

 striped. 



Flesh: Firm, very fine-grained, of high, peculiar sweet, and sweet 

 vinous flavor. 



Core: Nearly always regular and closed, only seldom with hollow 

 axis. 



Orders and Suborders as in Class I. 



